Research Task - Matt Fawdrey

Kill list

Camera

• Arguing couple framed separately, not together unless to physically hit the other; draws attention to the idea of the couple being separate and shows their relationship is not currently successful. 
• Man above woman on stairs; could be said that this portrays their roles in the family and enforces stereotypes of the man being in power in comparison to his wife.

Sound

• Shouting
• No music; used to draw attention to the raw emotions of the argument and dialogue.
• No music needed due to the atmosphere and tension in the scene was built sufficiently though the argument.

Editing

• Child in room, trying to ignore argument; enforces the idea of innocence. This never had to be included, however was edited in; this child has no other screen time.

Mise en scene

• Expensive house
• White rooms, void of life and emotions, this could be related to the houses occupants as well.

Pulp Fiction

Camera

• Lots of mid shots, focusing heavily on conversation, used to set the scene for the film; very effective.
• Also contains some Close ups of the characters to portray emotion.
• Lastly towards the end of the scene a long shot is given when they begin to rob the diner as this shows them both clearly standing up within a single frame.

Editing

• Finishes on a giant change in atmosphere towards the end, until then there very casual and relaxed, then all of a sudden they shout and rob the diner.

Mise en scene

• Middleclass diner, smoking indoors (sets location and time period)
• Very average and portrayed normality in the couple, creates more of an effect when they start their hold up.
• Having Coffee and breakfast, relaxed and casual.

Sound

• No music, draws attention to characters conversation
• lots of ambient sound setting the scene of a busy american diner; this also sets the time of day.

The sixth sense

Camera

• Couple are framed within a literal frame itself when reading (shown in reflection); this is good as it shows their emotions in addition to the document itself for viewers to read.
• Uses a shot taken from behind ornaments to convey the woman being watched; this shot also frames her nicely to emphasize her.

Editing

• Few variation in shots, there mainly all composed to fit the purpose of showing emotions, it has also been edited so that it has a slow pace; this is probably used as it can set the tempo for scene/film.
• This slow pace may later be released in the next season, however if it is not it has allready put the viewer on the edge of their seat.

Mise en scene

• Nice house once upstairs seemingly innocent and normal to a family for example.
• Moves into the cellar where the overall scene is more grim and scary, very dark with a lack of lighting in comparison to the upstairs scene.
• No longer a home in cellar, less objects used by family's.

Sound

• Starts off with a quite eerie music and then once the woman goes upstairs frightened the music changes to happy love music, almost ironic.

Disappearance of Alice Creed

Camera

• Focus pulls were used to draw attention to the items brought, and in particular to their prices; shows their on a budget and makes the audience enquire with questions.
• At the very beginning the shots are extremely varied in how long they last, this gives the intro an uneasy tempo to watch, building angst in the viewers. 

Editing

• The pace of the shots is faster at the beginning of the piece and then slows down towards the end, this could have been used as it sets the scene of the film quickly with all the need to know details and then the film changes to focus on the story.

Mise en scene

• Steal a builders van easily and quickly, past experience?
• The room has extremely high security installed, to detain someone against there will.
• The clock is replaced from a functional, homely clock to a formal bland clock in the room. This portrays the men as professional. 

Sound

• The two men do not say a single word to one another, this shows they are extremely unified and either well planned or have performed these tasks many times before.

44 Inch chest

Camera

• Many abstract close ups of items.
• Slow camera movement, this lets the viewer take into account every small detail in the scene and due to the long shot lengths they have a lot of time to analyse the piece and ask questions.
• There is a close up of the man's face when he is on the floor, this close-up was used to make the viewer feel uncomfortable about the scene.
• There was a focus pull at the start of the scene to let the viewer again start asking questions about the scene.

Editing

• Extremely slow pace at the start.
• Many cuts with very few fades and other effects.

Mise en scene

• We can tell the home owner is rich due to the setting and expensive furniture included.
• Due to the white dog we can presume the man has either a wife or is in another persons house.
• Is the man on the floor a victim or the perpetrator? He might not even be the home-owner as he seems to not fit in with the surroundings.
• The man in the apron is obviously caring for his mother and seem normal together in comparison to the previous scene, this makes the audience enquire to why the two scenes are linked and what the relevance is of this second scene.

Sound

• Slow, love music; seems out of place entirely with the first scene, the love music also leads us to believe  that the man has been separated from someone close to him, possible his wife? The dog would also fit in with this.
• No music in the second scene; few sound effects apart from the TV.